IBM Jobs and Culture

IBM has some questions for you:
Can you identify trends?
Can you think strategically?
Are you an innovator?
Are you ready to make the world work smarter?
ARE YOU AN IBMer?
IBM Global Business Services is holding a Recruitment Open House on Thursday,February 16 from 10am-3pm at
The Westin BWI
1743 West Nursery Rd.
Linthicum,MD 21090
For a list of openings and to pre-register,visit IBMexpo.com
Culture:Hard work.Over the past decade,IBM employees have made some interesting observations about their corporate lives that give one impressions of the ambience there.For example,the company doesn't seem to care what hours you work,as long as you meet deadlines and are on budget.Indeed,working at home is often permitted.
You get 2-3 weeks vacation a year.Whether you take it or not is up to you.
Salaries are at a standard level.
You are rated on your commitment to the business on a numerical scale,with 1 being the best grade,and 4 being grounds for dismissal.It is common for people to put in 70 hours a week-including Saturdays-and there is no overtime pay.There's no time for clock-watching there.
Employees over and over again note the high quality of their co-workers.They are considered to be top notch tech pros,the best in class.
0n a scale of 1-5,with 5 being the best grade,many employees rated their jobs as between a 3 and a 5.These generally feel the experience is mostly positive and are glad to work for IBM,looking at the big picture.Workers in India repeatedly praised the understanding management and work/life balance.
As of 2011,about 368,000 people worked at IBM worldwide.Five of them have received Nobel Prizes for their achievements.The company is a virtual patent mill.IBM's products and services are highly regarded by their customers.
The overall impression is,it's a high-powered environment,similar to that found in other large and successful companies.After all,you don't get to where IBM is by goofing around.They're prestigious for a reason.
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